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August 11, 2023
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When the Gods play, must mortals suffer? (Bookends) The title of Fifteen Dogs doesn’t have the phrase “an apologue” attached to it,
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Spoons Pet Of The Week
August 4, 2023
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Observing lives lived in alternate worlds (Bookends) Joe Haldeman is best known for writing science fiction with a bit of a social commentary edge – books which have gained him a number of genre awards over the years, but this book is quite different.
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Hoots Pet Of The Week
July 28, 2023
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The history of a pandemic response Unlocked is Scalzi’s third volume in what I think of as the Locked In books.
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Robin Pet Of The Week
July 21, 2023
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Three brothers gamely rescue their sister (Bookends) This book is the first in a short series of four, the first of which appeared in 2004, and has recently been the inspiration for the new Jeff Davis supernatural TV show Wolf Pack.
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Tottoi Pet of the week
July 14, 2023
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The Saint, from TV to print to spoken word (Bookends) The Saint Returns is a collection of two novellas, ghost-written by Fleming Lee, with editorial direction from Leslie Charteris.
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Billi Pet Of The Week
July 7, 2023
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Koko Pet Of The Week
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The last of the Castle novels is light fare The Nikki Heat books by “Richard Castle” are a print and audio offshoot of the Castle TV series.
June 30, 2023
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Chloe Pet Of The Week
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The flowers have all the answers, of course Bradshaw Carter is on his way to visit a friend when he runs into an invisible obstacle that pushes his car backwards.
June 23, 2023
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What if those who think they’re heroes are wrong? The Hero of Ages is a long and complicated novel, the final volume in Sanderson’s Mistborn Trilogy.
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Little and Sneaky Pet Of The Week
June 16, 2023
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Just who was that old man, anyway? (Bookends) The Old Man in this story is Sherlock Holmes, of course, though he is never named as such.
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Robin Pet Of The Week
June 9, 2023
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Prescient reflections on a fictional pandemic It might have been best not to read this book while also reading one by my old friend Debora Mackenzie, a science journalist.
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Misty Pet Of The Week